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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-06-01, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1950 Exeter Wime0=^bbacate BMmes Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 • Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario [ An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-In-Advance Circulation As Of September 30, 1948 — 2,276 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2,50 a year United States, in advance, $8.00 Single Copies 6 Cento Each J. Melvin Southcott ♦ Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1950 That Old Age Pension Every so often we are encouraged to believe that there is to be an old age pen­ sion without a means test. That such a measure should be in the wind is only right and proper. Men and women who have toiled beyond the age where productive labour may be fairly expected of them should reap some of the earned increment of their work beyond the sum they were able to take home in their pay envelope. For the true worker does far more than protect the interest of the individual or the firm by ■which he was engaged to work. It is iminently proper that the age for receiv­ ing the old age pension should not be set below the three score years and ten. There may be particular and sad instances where men cannot labour till they are seventy but a little, arrangement will provide for such special cases. As men approach seventy they may slow down in the working ability but in such cases adjustment of work will go a long way to meeting the case. Further, if a worker knows that his pension will not start till he is seventy he will get busy in nameless ways to provide for the additional term of service. Business firms, with the seventy-vear age limit in mind, will ar­ range accordingly. It is heart-warming to jnote that the powers that be are keen on this job. „* $ * * Appreciated The capacity congregation that was led in the service of praise by the Huronia Male Choir indicates the esteem in which that musical organization is held by Exeter and vicinity. The music rendered was the sort that warms the heart and lifts the mind to life’s best things. vLet me write a nation’s songs and I care not who makes its laws.” is a saying that is as true now as when it was first uttered. Let a nation’s songs, especially its sacred music, be well rendered and a bulwark is raised in de­ fence of those tilings the nations holds sacred. Good singing, like good art in any field, is the outcome of love of the work and of wise guidance. It is not by any means the outcome of happy chance. The Huronia Male Choir exemplifies what the people of this community can do ’ in sing­ ing of a high quality. We hope to hear more from this fine body of singers. * * * * Is There Another Side? In spite of five years of discussion we do not seem to be nearer world peace. The nations have had meetings and conferences no end. Yet each meeting and each confer­ ence appears to do little more than to re­ veal new obstacles to goodwill among the nations. At present the world of nations is divided into two hostile camps, each won­ dering when the first brick will be thrown. The western nations blame the bad blood on the Russians. The Russians suspect the western powers. But is Russia to be sad­ dled with the whole or the major part of the present unhappy mess? Is she to be set down as incurably evil because she is antagonistic to the west? Some events cannot but rankle in the Russian heart. There was what is known as’ ’’The Russian War of the 1850s” in which Russian prestige was terribly low­ ered. The Russians have not forgotten those days. Then there were the days when Hitler invaded Russia. When his armies entered Russian soil, they found an Eden. ’As they progressed they left behind them a Sahara. There was the smashing defeat of Russia by the Japanese in the early days of this century. Russia was again brought to her knees. For many a wearisome dec­ ade the lot of the Russian working people was miserable beyond all understanding. Her students were driven into exile. Lib­ erty seemed as dead as the icebergs of Spitsbergen. By far the greater portion of the Russian people struggled on amid “Pov­ erty} hunger and death”. But though Rus* sia’s students were driven underground into Siberia, they did not cease to study. Little groups met to jdan for better days. They said little, but they thought and devised ways and means a great deal. As they lived in poverty and starvation the government of the day supped fat on disgusting leisure. There followed the staggering revolu­ tion of 1919. The people triumphed but with little help from western powers. The Students and the thinkers and planners had come to their own. They were triumphant. Power was in their hands. But the winners in the fight feared that the western nations were more enemies than friends and pre­ pared to retain the privileges for which they had toiled so hard and for which they had waited so long. Then came the second world war. Russia ultimately came in with the western allies but as a sort of dubious makeweight. But Russia proved herself a bonny fighter to the surprise of the wes­ tern nations. . Russia was tolerated, as we easily re­ call. It was hoped that, the war over, Russia .would uncomplainingly take a sec­ ondary place in world affairs. At the meet­ ing of the United Nations at California, Russia was not content to play second fid­ dle to any of the nations. She was not con­ tent to be tolerated. She was there! on all fours with the other nations however great or however small. Unfortunately she was not understood. The most awkward diplo­ macy ruled the day. Russia became hostile and has remained hostile ever since. The other nations apparently were unaware of the progress Russia had made, but Russia was aware and pressed her every advan­ tage. Since those days of five years ago she has seen the rest of the world entering alliances that she suspects are designed to work her injury. She conceals herself from critical dissection but has a way of dis­ covering the. secrets of other nations. The writer holds no brief for Russia but be­ lieves that progress towards peace will be faster when the Russian way of looking at things is known and better- understood. *»• Those River Mouths Rivers have a tendency to slow down as they approach their entrance to sea or lake. This slowing down allows any soil or other matter that the river may be carry­ ing to settle and finally to form an obstruc­ tion. that seriously opposes the flow of the river. This is particularly seen in the cases of rivers flowing through loose soil. When a flood comes the effectiveness of this ob­ struction becomes very evident. When the river cannot wash out the course at its mouth it simply overflows its banks with the result we all know about. For a river to be safe the channel mu'st be kept clear. There is no evading this necessity. Rivers like the MacKenzie are an exception for they are very rapid and flow through a basin that does not yield itself to erosion. Anyone, therefore, sees the magnitude of the task ahead of those who would make the Red River safe. Its channel must be cleared and must be kept cleared. Dikes are an aid to safety but the fundamental is to keep the river channel clear and suffi­ cient. This is a tremendous job. Waters into which rivers flow have a way of piling debris at the river’s mouth. Those sand dunes bear witness to this condition. A night's storm may involve immense labour and cost to keep the river flowing freely. Some people believe that in this respect sea and lake are opposed to the river and that they have something like a consciousness that guides them in their struggle. All this is of practical interest to those interested in the Aux Sable administration. Engineers and governments do not have things all their own way when it comes to controlling rivers. Gradually the race is finding out that it is better to make a friend of rivers than to oppose them. ’T" •T’ Shut-Ins* Day Next Sunday is Shut-Ins’ Day. Afflict­ ed men and women learn and co-operate with the inevitable, and we who are welU feel like walking on tiptoe in their pres­ ence They do not achieve a successful ad­ justment easily, however, and sometimes it is the realization that they are not forgot­ ten, and that’they still have a large place ——perhaps a larger place than ever—in the affection of their friends, that tips the scales in their favour. Shut-Ins’ Day summons us to this Christlike ministry on one particular day, and that in itself is good; it should also remind us that there might well be many “Shut-Ins’ Days” in the course of the year.‘ « Senate reform is an old, old question. It is high time that the saints’• everlasting rest was given a thorough going over. There are a number of fine men in the Senate but we are informed the house would be hard put to it to show what they have done for their money. Why not have candidates in both houses submitted to some stiff efficiency test befire they are allowed to take a seat among the mighty? Popularity or devotion to the party cause is one test but it is not sufficient. Reform of the Senate is an important one but the reform of the House of Commons is more important still The voters of the Dominion can do a good job at this work if only they Will go at it. JOHN DEERE Multi-Row Tractor Cultivator As the--------- “TIMES” Go By 50 YEARS AGO Mr. T. Fitton will commence the erection of a new store on the corner of the old. Cowan liroperty, Main Street, in a few days. The foundation for Mr. B. Knight’s new tailor shop has been completed. The long looked-for news of Mafeking was hailed with great delight here on Friday last and much enthusiasm prevailed throughout the town. The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new St. Paul’s Church, Kirkton, has been fixed for the afternoon of June 7. The 'Bishop of Huron, the Right Rev. Dr. Baldwin will of­ ficiate on this occasion. Exeter markets — Wheat per bus. 64 cents, .butter, 11-12 cents, eggs, 11 cents per doz., chicken, 5 cents per lb. 25 YEARS AGO ,Thos. McMillan, Tuckersmith, was nominated to carry the Libe­ ral standard at the next election for Dominion .parliament. Messrs. John and IPercy Pass- more, R. D. Bell, and D. Brint- nell took part in the Ing-ersoll trap shoot on Monday. The New Commercial Hotel, Hensail, received their license on Thursday to sell the new 4.4 beer and quite a numbei' took the opportunity to test the new drink. Mr. William Thomas Huxtable, well-known Centralia f a r m e r, died suddenly at the age of 54. « 15 YEARS AGO Robert Passmore of Hensail and Robert Dinney of town were the representatives from Exeter High School at the W.O.S.S.A. track meet at Western Univers­ ity, London. A letter written by Irene Van Camp won the first prize foi’ letters of invitation to the Old Boys and Girls Reunion written by scholars of the. Exeter H.S. The Salvation Army is having a tag day in Exeter for their self denial effort on Saturday next. Their motto for the day will be “A tag on every coat and dress”. IO YEARS AGO While making a call on a sick patient in Exeter on Saturday morning last, Dr. Dunlop had the misfortune to fall through- a trap door with the result that the right heel was fractured and also a small bone in the shoulder. He was removed to Victoria Hospit­ al, London. On Thursday evening in James St. United Church, the pupils of Exeter 'Public School, S.S. No. 5 Usborne and S.S. No. 3 Stephen ■presented a program under the leadership of Mr. W. R. Gould- ing. This was Mr. Goulding’s eighth entertainment, netting $300 for Red Cross purposes. Mr. Chas. Triebner, who signed with the Canadian Army Ord­ nance Corps last September, has been called up and is »now in uniform. Most farmers realize the im­ portance of minerals for dairy cattle, but many would like more information, particularly .of those minerals which might in some cases be insufficient in the ra­ tions. From a practical standpoint the most common mineral re­ quired by cattle is common salt, Animals should have their ap­ petites for this mineral fairly well satisfied at all times. It may be supplied in various forms; fed coursely ground, in the form of salt licks or in the meal mixture. In addition to salt, calcium and phosphorus are the minerals most likely to be lacking in the ration, though at times there may also be a deficiency of others, such as iodine and co­ balt. Growing cattle, cows in milk and cows heavy in calf, require relatively large amounts of cal­ cium and phosphorus in their rations. Deficiencies of these minerals are much more liable to occur during the winter feed­ ing period and show up in the spring. This condition is often SMILES . . . . After giving the private a dressing-down for being so late in returning the supplies, the sergeant deman d ed: “Okay! Let’s hear how it happened, Mill­ er!” “Well, I picked Up a chaplain along the road,” explained the woebegone rooky, “and from then on the mules couldn’t under­ stand a word I said.” ♦ * * * Two soldiers Were lying under ■the blankets, looking up at the stars. -Said Jack: “What made you go into the army, Tom?” “Well,” said Tom, “t had no wife, and loved war. What made you go into the war Jack?” “Well, I had a wife and loved peace, so I went.” shown by abnormal appetites, such as the chewing of bones or pieces of wood, as well as by stiffness of joints, brittleness of bones and general unthriftiness. The legume hays are a good source of calcium, but grasses, especially when grown on an acid or sandy soil, may be low in this element. Among the con­ centrates, such animal products as bone meal, supply calcium as well as phosphorus in fairly good quantity. The oil cakes, wheat, corn and especially bran, are high in phosphorus and low ,in cal­ cium. When grasses and straw form the greater part of the ra­ tion, calcium may be deficient, and in the abse’nee of bran, cer­ eal grains mid protein concen­ trates, 'phosphorus will probably also be deficient. Mineral carriers include high quality ground limestone, edible bone meal and bone char. In ad­ dition there are on tile market a number of prepared mineral mixtures. Where phosphorus and lime are most likely to be the deficient minerals in the average ration, a mixture of equal parts of bone meal or bone char, ground limestone and salt will be found satisfactory. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus should hot exceed 4 to 1. Where Iodide might be deficient, use iodized salt or add two or three ounces of potassium Iodide to every hun­ dred pounds of the mixture. Such a mixture, or a similar commercial mixture, may be ted by adding one or two pounds to every hundred pounds .of grain mixture, or by feeding small quantities regularly similarly to salt. Naturally if it is suspected that there is a defeciency of co­ balt, this element should be sup­ plied but It is necessary only In minute amounts. An alternative method of supplying minerals is by keeping a supply before cattle at all times in a covered salt lick. This particularly applies to cattle on pasture. Prepared mine­ ral mixtures are for the most part quite satisfactory if not too high, in price. You are sure to be pleased with the excellent job of culti­ vating you get when you use a John Deere Tractor and Multi­ Row Tractor Cultivator. With the amazingly responsive steering mechanism, unexcelled vision from a natural position, and simple, easy adjustment for close, clean work, it gives you fast, low-cost tractor cultivating at its best. The John Deere Multi-Row Cultivator is built with or with­ out gauge wheels, for all models of John Deere General- Purpose Tractors. Tool bars are the famous John Deere double T-bar construction with parallel lift. Simple, adjust­ able tool clamps permit placing the tools at any point on tool bar for any desired row spacing. We’d like to show you the many advantages the John Deere offers you. See us the next time you’re in town. W. G. 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